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The Landrigan Case in Arizona

By Steve Hall

A. Bates Butler III, a former U.S. Attorney for Arizona writes the OpEd, "Man on death row deserves life term; Trial judge never was told of his brain damage," for today's Arizona Republic. Jeffrey Landrigan is scheduled to be executed in Arizona on Tuesday. The judge who sentenced him to death has signed a declaration saying she would have spared his life if his lawyer had presented available evidence about his brain damage and abusive family background.The judge's statement should give every Arizonan pause.Landrigan committed a serious crime and deserves to be in prison for the rest of his life.But he does not deserve to die. The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency and the governor have the power to stop Landrigan's execution, and they should use it...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 21, 2010 (boomark / email).